@Smugtown -- I looked at those articles a couple of days ago....

@Smugtown -- I looked at those articles a couple of days ago. They are biased towards negative, but as it was explained to me ages ago... some of the sites are Russian propaganda sites:
i.e.
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@Smugtown ## Pretty much forget about what they are saying... it is rubbish!